Re: [Gnumed-devel] clinician input wanted: vaccinations

[Liz]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 01:10:04AM +0000, Syan Tan wrote:

> People are at risk if they are in contact with animals, particularly cattle, 
sheep, goats and **kangaroos** 
> whether feral or domestic. 

"feral" ?   What's the etymology of that word ?

Karsten

I think that's the correct use of feral
as opposed to "those kids are feral"

feral is wild animals, particularly if previously domesticated.
feral cats grow quite large and are quite aggressive hunters compared to the 
household cat.